WHEN COVID-19 hit, Port Fairy clothing store, The Passage was in the middle of a store re-location and renovation.

CROSS-BORDER communities will no longer be required to have a weekly COVID-19 test from this week, as the South Australian premier announced the potential opening of the border within a fortnight.

A MAJOR expansion of one of Heywood’s main tourist attractions has received a substantial boost – and it is likely to be the first step in a plan to see it play an even bigger role in the town. The Pioneer Wagon Shed and Museum has received funding through the same federal government program that […]

NOVEMBER sees the Stroke Foundation’s annual Stride 4 Stroke campaign kick off and Hamilton’s Natalie Templeton is joining the campaign for the first time.

THE Black Dog Institute is looking to further support those who put their lives on the line in heavily affected bushfire areas.

A MONTH-LONG journey to honour her brother’s life came to its conclusion on Saturday as local, Bec Doheny, walked her 254th kilometre for October.

WHEN four-year-old Baylee Francis-Evans became unwell last weekend, slurring her words and then having trouble walking,  a phone call between her mum, Shona and Aunty Kylie in Tasmania, raised the possibility that a stroke was responsible for her troubles. Less than 48 hours later, the diagnosis was much more terrifying and now the entire community […]

HAMILTON GP, Dale Ford’s 35-year commitment to the community was officially recognised at the 2020 Victorian Rural Health Awards.

THE ring of steel dividing Melbourne from regional Victoria will come down in two weeks bringing relief to accommodation providers and tourism businesses across the south-west. This week, Premier, Daniel Andrews announced Melbournians would be allowed to freely travel within Victoria from November 9. BIG4 Port Fairy Holiday Park manager, Rohan Doherty said the announcement […]

PORTLAND’S newest art installation might be a tribute to the Bonney Upwelling, but it’s as much about health. The Revive the Reef exhibit was installed yesterday on the fence on Bentinck St near the Julia St intersection. It is the work of 27 local artists of all age ranges and including students from the Portland […]